Legal regulations

Latest news on copyright and legal issues on the internet

Press releases of the Coalition for Action "Copyright for Education and Research"
Research centre Recht im DFN (matters of law in the German National Research and Education Network)

Use of the ULB

The following legal and management regulations apply to the use of the University and State Library as well as its services:

State Library Collection Mandate

The "Kulturgesetzbuch NRW" (Cultural Code of North Rhine-Westphalia) comprises the legal basis of the mandate of the ULB as State Library for Westphalia to collect all physical and non-physical media publications falling within the collection mandate.
Kulturgesetzbuch NRW

Tasks within the university

The legal position and the tasks of the University and State Library within the University of Münster are laid down in a Legal and Administrative System:
Legal and Administrative System for the University Library of the University of Münster